CBI raids JMC to probe corruption complaints

New Delhi: In a crackdown on grassroots level corruption, the CBI on Monday carried out surprise checks at the Jammu Municipal Corporation after receiving complaints of rampant corruption in the award of tenders and other public services, officials said. The checks were conducted in coordination with the vigilance officer of the civic body to verify […]

Landslides block JK highway yet again

Hundreds of vehicles left stranded

Jammu: Landslides and mudslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway at several places in Ramban district on Monday, officials said. Over 300 vehicles were stranded at several places on the highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. The men and machines of the National […]

Grenade attack in Baramulla, six civilians injured

Srinagar: At least six civilians sustained injuries in a grenade attack by militants on an Army convoy in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The ultras lobbed a grenade on the convoy, which was on its way to Srinagar, at Azadgunj in Baramulla town, they said. Officials said the grenade missed the […]

Allow us to meet Mehbooba Mufti: PDP leaders

Srinagar: Four senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders on Monday asked authorities to allow them to meet the party’s incarcerated president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who was jailed under the Public Safety Act following the abrogation of Article 370 last year. In a letter to District Magistrate, Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal […]

Monsoon Session of parliament to start from Sep 14

New Delhi: Parliament’s monsoon session will begin from September 14, a notification issued on Monday said. The notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said President Ram Nath Kovind has called the lower house to meet on Monday, September 14 at 9 AM. Rajya Sabha is expected to meet at a different time on the […]

Three militants, ASI killed in Panthachowk encounter

Srinagar: Three militants and an Assistant Sub Inspector of J&K police were killed in an overnight encounter at Panthachowk in outskirts of Srinagar district on Sunday. Three militants were killed in an overnight encounter, bodies have been recovered with arms and ammunition, an official said, adding that identity of the slain militants is yet to […]

Panthachowk gunfight: We lost well trained police man, LeT commander among slain: DGP

Srinagar: Director General of Police J&K, Dilbagh Singh Sunday said that in an overnight encounter at Panthachowk, Srinagar, the J&K police lost its well-trained and experienced cop who had taken part in so many successful anti-militancy operations. Three-bike borne militants had first fired at a joint naka party at Panthachowk yesterday night in a bid […]

Delimitation panel to visit 4 NE states,J-K after preparing broad framework to redraw constituencies

New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union Territory after preparing a “broad framework” of the delimitation exercise, officials said. The commission will also seek views and inputs of its “associate members” — a […]

Two Sgr residents among 11 die of COVID-19, toll crosses 700-mark in J&K

Srinagar: The death toll due to Novel Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir has crossed 700-mark as eleven more patients who were tested positive for COVID-19 died in the Union Territory on Sunday. The toll of deaths due to the virus in the Union territory has reached 702, officials told the news agency KNO. An official said […]